AuthorTopic: cant get usb wireless to work (Read 8805 times)

Went to my local Microcenter with a list of sticks that I got from http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_hostif.php?hostif=USB and got the only one they had on the list with the right ver. I got a D-Link DWA-160 ver A2. I tryed the how to and I got as far as the ifplugd. when I open in terminal it is blanc. I type in INTERFACES="eth0 wlan0" and save. Then I reopen it and its blank again. Here are the readouts to that point.

Next I used the link from the web page above and really didn't understand it so I decided to go to D-Link and see if there was a driver. there was but its an RPM. So back to the how to were I found a VIDEO TUTORIAL that showed me how to change it, well that didn't work either this was the readout for that.

I can ping the hard wire not the wireless. Isn't eth0 the weired Internet part. I cant even get there to show a signal with the wireless. I always had weired Internet but when my wireless went out I went to a usb and thats where I'm having problems.

One of the first things I tried. I put them in the /lib/firmware file and still no go. I didn't know what else to do so I went to the d-link site after I goggled it and one of the post said that they had to download the driver again since I have ver A2 tried that and I posted all the readouts from that ordeal trying to convert the REM file over to what I could use and then have it not to work. I think I'm doing something wrong with the driver. I'm following the instructions the best I can. I got a feeling it will be a slow night so I'm going to try and go through it all again.

I didnt say this before but when the usb stisk is pluged in it isn't found. I can onlu see it if I use lsusb.